Diana Thater

Basic Data

Diana Thater is a U.S. contemporary artist, curator, and writer. Her work is primarily concerned with issues of conservation, the relationship between humans and nature, and the tension between the natural environment and media reality.

• Born: 1962
• Place of birth: San Francisco, USA
• Nationality: American
• Studied at: New York University, Art Center College of Design
• Era: Contemporary art
• Stylistic direction: video art, installation art

Exhibitions

• 27.02.21 – 26.09.21 wild/schön - Kunsthalle Emden.
• 06.09.20 – 03.01.21 Magical Soup – Hamburger Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin.
• 14.02.20 – 01.06.20 Unsere Gegenwart – Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen.
• 30.11.19 – 24.05.20 Installationen aus 25 Jahren Sammlung Falckenberg – Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg.
• 22.09.19 – 08.08.20 Almost Human: Digital Art from the Permanent Collection – San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose.
• 17.09.18 – 17.12.18 Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974-1995. - SculptureCenter, Long Island.
• 08.02.18 – 15.04.18 Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1975-1995 - MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge / MA °.
• 24.10.17 – 01.04.18 Diana Thater. Continuous. Contiguous y Red Flowers - Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City.

Awards

• 1993: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
• 1996: Étant-donnés Foundation Grant.
• 2005: Guggenheim Fellowship.
• 2006: Phelan Award for film and video.

Literature

• Diana Thater, selected works, 1992–1996, Kunsthalle Basel, Kathryn Kanjo, Diana Thater, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Schwabe 1996.

Collections

Germany

• Berlin - Hamburger Bahnhof
• Munich - Sammlung Goetz

USA

• Chicago - Art Institute of Chicago
• Los Angeles - MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art
• New York - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
• Minneapolis - Walker Art Center

Netherlands

• Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum

Weblinks

• Diana Thater Kunstaspekte Exhibition and collection overview.
• www.thaterstudio.com Homepage by the artist.